Battles of the Revolutionary War

What battle ENDS the Revolutionary War?

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

• Long Island

Even though the colonists lost, Washington's retreat at the Battle of ____________ kept the war movement alive.

• Long Island

• Charleston

• Trenton

• Bunker Hill

On the early morning of December 26, 1777, Washinton launched a surprise attackupon a group of German Hessians at the Battle of

• Long Island

• Charleston

• Trenton

• Bunker Hill

What battle is famous for being a PYRRIC victory for the British (where the British won, but lost a third of their military in the process)?

• Yorktown

• Charleston

• Valley Forge

• Bunker Hill

After realizing the war in the north was not going well, the war moved to the south and was fought here. This battle gave the British a stronghold in the Southern Colonies.

• Trenton

• Yorktown

• Long Island

• Charleston

After what Battle did the French decide to join the American in their fight against the British?

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Cowpens

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Brandywine

During the winter of 1776-77, the Continental Army suffered terribly at their winter camp in Valley Forge. What Prussian-born general trained the colonists how to better fight and survival in battle?

• George Washington

• Charles Cornwallis

• Baron von Steuben

• William Howe

At what battle do the French and American generals "trick" the British in New York, and travel south to trap the larger half of the British Army?

• Battle of Charleston

• Battle of Guilford Courthouse

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

What was the winter at Valley Forge like?

• Soldiers were suffering heatstroke, not enough water to go around, no shelter from the sun.

• Soldiers were freezing, had frost bite, had no clothes or uniforms, people were deserting, and morale was low.

• Soldiers were constantly soaked by rain, suffering from hypothermia from not being able to get dry.

• Soldiers were living in luxury, had heated cabins for everyone, a multitude of clothes, and plenty of food for them and their families.

Why was it so important that Washington avoided being captured at the Battle of Long Island?

• If he was captured, he would have joined the British without a fight (secretly a loyalist)

• If he was captured, he would have been sent back to England.

• If he was captured, the war effort was over.

• If he was captured, he would have been able to talk the patriots into independence without fighting.